JANUARY 2016 LECTIONARY: SUNDAYS = YEAR C; WEEKDAYS = YEAR II 1 Fri SOLEMNITY OF MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. W Gl, Cr, Pf of BVM I (on the Solemnity of the Motherhood), “In communion with” pr. Not EP IV. Friday Abstinence dispensed today. 2 Sat SS Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, BBDD. Mem. W I Vesp. of fol. 2nd WEEK OF CHRISTMAS Ps Wk 2 3 SUN THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD. SOLEMNITY W COLLECTION FOR ‘BUILDING BRIDGES’ (OPTIONAL) Gl, Cr, Pf pr. “In communion with” pr. Not EPIV Prayers for Vocations this week: St Mary’s Great Yarmouth 40 Hrs: Sacred Heart, Southwold Fr Guy Pritchard + 1983 (rtd fr. Ely 1970) 4 Mon Christmas Feria. M pr W Pf of Epiphany or Nativity daily till Saturday Rev. Bernard Warwick +2001 (Deacon at Dereham) 5 Tue Christmas Feria. M pr W 6 Wed Christmas Feria. M pr W Provost William Wainwright +1983 (rtd fr. All Souls, Peterborough 1955) 7 Thu Christmas Feria. M pr W or S Raymond of Penyafort P (W) Fr Arthur Speight +1990 (St James, Ipswich) 8 Fri Christmas Feria. M pr W Fr Henry Stanley +1924 (Gorleston) 9 Sat Christmas Feria. M pr W I Vesp. of fol. TOMORROW ANNOUNCE: Next Sunday is Peace Day. Optional Collection for Pax Christi. THE CYCLE OF PRAYER During Ordinary time (Winter) i.e. up to Lent we are asked to pray for these intentions: Peace on Earth; Christian Unity; the Sick and Those Who Care for Them; Victims of Trafficking and Those Who Work to Combat it; the Unemployed. Peace Day Sunday 17 January Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity 18 – 25 January Racial Justice Day Sunday 24 Januar Day for Victims of Trafficking Monday 8 February World Day for the Sick Thursday 11 February Day for the Unemployed Sunday 7 February 10 SUN THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD. Feast. W Pf pr. Not EPIV. Prayer during the Day fr. Sunday Wk 3. Prayers for Vocations this week: St Peter the Apostle, Gorleston 40 Hrs: Our Lady star of the Sea, Lowestoft 1st WEEK OF THE YEAR Ps Wk 1 Weekday Readings of Year II start Vol II, p. 457 A decided preference is expressed in the Lectionary’s principles of choice for continuous readings, as provided for weekdays of the year, even though a Memorial occurs, (apart from a few instances, noted, of a strictly proper reading). 11 Mon Feria. M ad lib. G Canon Herbert Gray +1951 (Gorleston) 12 Tue Feria. M ad lib. G or S Aelred of Rievaulx Ab (W) Fr Charles Flynn +1943 (rtd fr. Sudbury 1930) 13 Wed Feria. M ad lib. G or S Hilary BD (W) 14 Thu Feria. M ad lib. G 15 Fri Feria. M ad lib. G Fr Patrick Duffy +1928 (rtd fr. Huntingdon 1909) Fr Alfred Wilson +1936 (Shefford) 16 Sat S Fursey Ab. Mem. (Follow East Anglia Pr.) W I Vesp. of fol. TOMORROW ANNOUNCE: Next Sunday is Racial Justice Day. Collection for Catholic Association for Racial Justice. Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity begins on Monday. 2nd WEEK OF THE YEAR Ps Wk 2 17 SUN 2nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. Peace Day G COLLECTION FOR PAX CHRISTI (OPTIONAL) DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER: Norwich: Cathedral, Costessey Prayers for Vocations this week: Sacred Heart, Southwold 40 hrs: St. Mary’s, Great Yarmouth Fr George Fressanges +1944 (St John’s, Norwich) 18 Mon Feria. M ad lib. G Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity begins. Joint services with other Christians are recommended. Mgr Provost Joseph Tonks +1943 (Northampton Cathedral) Fr Derrick Morgan +1984 (Chesham) 19 Tue Feria. M ad lib. G or S Wulstan B (W) Canon Thomas Fitzgerald +1915 (St John’s, Norwich) 20 Wed Feria. M ad lib. G or S Fabian PpM (R) or S Sebastian M (R) Fr Thomas Simister +2005 (Bungay) Rev. Anthony Sutton +2014 (Deacon at English Martyrs, Cambridge) 21 Thu S Agnes VM. Mem. R Fr Ernest Shebbeare +1936 (Woodbridge) Canon Leonard Tomlinson +1983 (rtd fr. Chesham Bois 1975) 22 Fri Feria M ad lib. G or S Vincent Deacon M (R) Fr David Cox +1956 (St Ethelbert, Slough) Fr Stephen Reith +2009 (rtd fr. Leighton Buzzard 2002) 23 Sat Feria M ad lib. G or Our Lady on Saturday (W) Fr James McDermott +1999 (rtd fr. St John Ogilvie, Corby 1996) Fr Arthur Tomlinson +2001 (rtd fr. Lowestoft 1982) Canon Stanislaus Condon +2012 (rtd fr. Woburn Sands 2004) 3rd WEEK OF THE YEAR Ps Wk 3 24 SUN 3rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. Racial Justice Day G COLLECTION FOR CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION FOR RACIAL JUSTICE DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER: Cambridge: St Philip Howard Prayers for Vocations this week: Our Lady, Star of the Sea, Lowestoft 40 Hrs: St Peter’s, Gorleston Anniversary of the Bishop’s Episcopal Ordination to be commemorated in the General Intercessions. Fr William Fippard +1895 (rtd fr. Sudbury 1894) 25 Mon THE CONVERSION OF S PAUL, Ap Feast. W Gl, Pf of Apostles. Not EPIV 26 Tue SS Timothy & Titus BB. Mem. W First Reading pr. (Vol II p.931) Canon Matthias Lane +1886 (Stoke-by-Nayland) Fr John Reffitt +1988 (Swaffham) 27 Wed Feria. M ad lib. G or S Angela Merici V (W) Rev Richard Smyth +1988 (Deacon at Sudbury) Rev John Hawkes +2005 (Deacon at Walsingham) Fr George McCann +2015 (rtd fr. Beaconsfield 1996) 28 Thu S Thomas Aquinas PD Mem. W 29 Fri Feria. M ad lib. G Fr Francis Rudd +1973 (Southwold) 30 Sat Feria. M ad lib. G or Our Lady on Saturday (W) TOMORROW ANNOUNCE: Next Sunday: Day of Prayer for the Unemployed 4th WEEK OF THE YEAR Ps Wk 4 31 SUN 4th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. G DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER: Cambridge: Our Lady and the English Martyrs and Sawston Prayers for Vocations this week: Our Lady of the Annunciation, Poringland 40 hrs: St Benet’s Minster, Beccles Fr William Bodley +1900 (Oxburgh) Fr Joseph Sweeney +1993 (rtd fr. St James, Ipswich 1979) FEBRUARY 2016 1 Mon Feria. M ad lib. G 2 Tue THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD. Feast. W Candlemas Day. Gl, Pf pr. Not EPIV Blessing of Candles and Procession or Solemn Entrance today. 3 Wed Feria. M ad lib. G or S Blaise BM (R) or S Ansgar B (W) The blessing of throats may be given today (even if the memorial of S Blaise is not kept) either after the Gospel at Mass, or at another time of the day. Two unlit candles are held under the throat and the priest or deacon says “Through the intercession of St Blaise, Bishop and Martyr, may God free you from disease of the throat and from every other evil, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.” 4 Thu Feria. M ad lib. G 5 Fri S Agatha VM. Mem. R Canon Gerard Roberts +1976 (Beaconsfield) 6 Sat S Paul Miki & Comps. MM. Mem. R Fr Louis Allen +1931 (Peterborough) TOMORROW ANNOUNCE: 1. Fast & Abstinence on Ash Wednesday & Good Friday. 2. Time for Easter Communion runs from Ash Wednesday to Trinity Sunday (Can 920.2). 3. Lenten Alms Box. 4. Monday is a Day of Prayer for Victims of Trafficking and Those Who Work to Combat it. 5. Thursday is World Day of Prayer for the Sick. THE CYCLE OF PRAYER During Lent we are asked to pray for: Candidates for the Sacraments; Women; the Needy and Hungry of the World; Penitents and Wanderers. Candidates for the Sacraments especially on the Sundays of Lent Lent Fast Day Friday 19 February Women’s World Day of Prayer Friday 4 March 5th WEEK OF THE YEAR Ps Wk 1 7 SUN 5th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Prayer for Unemployed G DIOCESAN CYCLE OF PRAYER: Great Yarmouth, Gorleston Prayers for Vocations this week: St Benet’s Minster, Beccles 40 Hrs: St Edmund, King and Martyr, Bungay Canon Laurence Richmond +1872 (rtd fr. Northampton Cathedral 1865) Archbishop Frederick Keating +1928 (Fourth Bishop of Northampton, translated to Liverpool 1921.) Fr James Reidy +1983 (rtd fr. St Mark’s, Ipswich 1969) 8 Mon Feria. M ad lib. G or S Jerome Emiliani P (W) or S Josephine Bakhita V (W) Day of Prayer for Victims of Trafficking Fr Robert Manley +1983 (St George’s, Norwich) 9 Tue Feria. M ad lib. G Rev. Paul Lewin +2001 (Deacon at Sudbury) The series of weeks of the year is now interrupted and will resume after Pentecost. Ps Wk 4 for the rest of this week. THE SEASON OF LENT 10 Wed ASH WEDNESDAY. Fast & Abstinence V Omit penitential act: bless ashes after Gospel and homily. Pf Lent IV. Not EPIV Lenten Pf from today until 13 March, unless otherwise noted. Prayer over the People at the Dismissal. The Prayer over the People is optional on all other weekdays of Lent. 11 Thu Lent Feria. M pr. V (ad lib. Collect of Our Lady of Lourdes) World Day of Prayer for the Sick 12 Fri Lent Feria. M pr. V 13 Sat Lent Feria. M pr. V Fr Peter Cansdale +2003 (rtd fr. Cromer 1997) TOMORROW ANNOUNCE: Next Friday is Lent Fast Day Next Sunday, Collection for CAFOD 1st WEEK OF LENT Ps Wk 1 14 SUN 1st SUNDAY OF LENT V Pf pr. Not EPIV. Prayer over the People. Prayers for Vocations this week: St Edmund, King and Martyr, Bungay 40 Hrs: Our Lady of the Annunciation, Poringland Provost John Warmoll +1885 (Bedford) Canon Michael Dwane +1913 (Lynford) 15 Mon Lent Feria. M pr. V Canon John Dalton +1874 (Norwich) Fr Vincent Weitz +1991 (rtd fr.